Clinic Roundup

• Hepatera Ltd., of Moscow, a biotech company that is part of Maxwell Biotech Venture Fund's portfolio, said it enrolled the first three patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) in its Phase Ib/IIa study of Myrcludex B, a drug designed to inhibit the essential HBV receptor on the liver cell surface, preventing the infection of healthy cells and viral spreading in the liver. Results are expected by the end of 2013.